Stewart launched a group to lead “people of all colors and all persuasions ... it also allowed for a Confederate Memorial Day. Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has only grown in its 42 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

Stewart launched a group to lead “people of all colors and all persuasions ... the civil rights groups because it also allowed for a Confederate Memorial Day. Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has ...

Suzette Hackney talked with Martin Luther King III about the convergence of Inauguration Day with the day of service that honors his father.

A number of federal agencies have banned celebrations related to MLK Jr. Day, Women's History Month and other such ...

“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others." King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the ...